ploi

Old French

Alternative forms

• plei
• plet
• pli

Etymology

Deverbal of ploiier.

Noun

ploi oblique singular, m (oblique plural plois, nominative singular plois, nominative plural ploi)

1. fold

Descendants

• Middle French: pli, ply
  • → English: ply
  • French: pli

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• ploy

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch plooi (“crease, wrinkle”).

Verb

ploi

1. To put a crease or fold in cloth

Noun

ploi

1. crease (in cloth)
2. wrinkle (in skin)

Derived terms

• ploiploi (“wrinkled”)